Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy for The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre (https://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/) is a division of Tohoca, LLC and will hereafter be referred to asThe Self Sufficient HomeAcre.

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre is governed by the following privacy policy…

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre values your privacy and wants to protect it. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you about the ways we might collect personal information, how we use it and your rights regarding your information.

General Privacy Information

Never submit your personal information online. This includes information such as:

social security number

information regarding race or ethnic origin

political opinions

religious beliefs

health information

criminal background

trade union membership

personally identifiable information about your children or family

your address

your workplace

any other sensitive personal information not described above

If you choose to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy also affects children under the age of 16. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information on children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that The Self Sufficient HomeAcre has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com and we will make every effort to remove that information from our records.

What Information is Collected and How is it Used?

There are occasions when you volunteer and/or we ask for personal data (like your name or your email address). Here’s how and when we use that information.

Information you Submit Voluntarily

There are times when you voluntarily submit your information to this website. For example, when you comment on a post, fill out a contact form, purchase a product or sign up for a newsletter. Here is more information about those examples.

Comments on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

Whenever you leave a comment on a post, page or media file on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, you are asked to include your name and your email address. Your name is asked for so I may respond to you personally, which I try to do for every comment on this site. Your email address is requested so that our website has a way to contact you with a response to your comment or question.

If you don’t want The Self Sufficient HomeAcre to have your name or your email address when commenting, do not use the voluntary comment feature of the blog. If you do leave a comment, your email address will not be published for the general public to read (unless you share that information in your comment) and you may choose to use an alias rather than your real name. Information submitted when making a comment will be retained until such time as the blog, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre ceases to exist, or the comment is deleted. If you wish to edit or delete a comment that you wrote, that option is available in the comment form. If you are not sure how to edit or delete a comment that you made, please contact me at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com and request the changes. I will make every attempt to reply to your request and make the changes in a reasonable time frame.

One more note about comments on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre – comments that are defamatory, explicit, rude, suggestive of illegal or improper conduct, abusive, intolerant, or violent will be deleted. I’m an open minded person, but I will not allow these sorts of comments on my site.

Our Newsletter

In several places on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, you have the option of signing up to receive our newsletter. You will be asked for your email address and name, you will need to accept our privacy policy, and you will need to use a double opt in method of signing up for the newsletter, to ensure that you do not sign up for the newsletter by mistake. The newsletter is emailed to your inbox and typically contains:

Links to posts on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre that provide information about homesteading and self reliance related activities.

When You Sign Up for a Newsletter Subscription to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre…

You will first need to submit your information, agree to our privacy policy and confirm your subscription. Signing up for our newsletter is a voluntary action and you are not required to subscribe in order to read our posts.

The Opt In Form

To make sure that you really intended to sign up for the newsletter mailings, you will be asked to confirm your subscription with an opt in form. This may seem redundant, but it is put in place for your protection and to weed out spammers.

How To Unsubscribe

If, at any time, you no longer wish to receive our newsletters, you will find a link at the end of each newsletter that says “to change your subscription, click here.” All you have to do is click that link and unsubscribe. The changes take place immediately and if you have any questions or problems, or if you are unsure how to unsubscribe, please contact me at… LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com

Readers who unsubscribe will be deleted from our records during the next clean up session. Generally, the personal information for unsubscribed members is deleted once a week to keep our newsletter list up to date.

Unconfirmed Subscriptions

Sometimes a reader submits a subscription but doesn’t confirm it with the second opt in form. When this happens, I may resend the confirmation form just in case the first one was lost in a spam folder or maybe it ended up in another galaxy. I will do my best to only resend the confirmation form once so I’m not bothering anyone, but I am only human and sometimes I make mistakes. If the prospective subscriber does not confirm their subscription in a reasonable amount of time, the ‘subscriber’ and all of his or her personal information will be deleted.

What Information Is Collected When You Subscribe To Our Newsletter?

If you choose to subscribe to newsletter mailings from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre Newsletter, the following information will be collected and stored privately on our website:

Your name (you can choose an alias, just your first name, or your full name…this is your choice and you submit that information at your own discretion)

Your email address – this is necessary if you wish to receive the mailings in your inbox.

Other Ways We Receive your Information

Information we Collect from Other Sources

As mentioned before, there are also times when we receive information from third parties. For example, when you purchase an item through a third party (such as Amazon).

Automatically Collected Information

Our website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

Cookies

Our website may log information using cookies, small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies expire when you close your browser; persistent cookies stay on your browser until deleted. The purpose of these is to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

When you visit The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, a small cookie acceptance bar will load along the bottom of the page. You may accept or reject the use of cookies by clicking either accept or reject. If you do not click on either, the bar will close and cookies will be collected. If, at any time, you wish to disable cookies, click on the small cookies policy link along the bottom of the page and you will have the option of disabling cookies.

3rd Party Use of Information

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of our site. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics which tracks Website usage and provides information on activities like referring websites and your user actions on The Self Sufficient HomeAcre.

Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information.

In the future we may add an E-commerce platform. At such time we will update our Privacy Policy to include this information.

Our newsletter feature is administered The Newsletter Plugin. For more information about their compliancy with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please visit their page here.

Our contact page asks for your name and email address in order to reply to your message. The third party plugin used for this, WP Forms Lite, does not place cookies on your browser, or collect any information when you fill out and submit the form. Once I have replied to your message, I delete the original message from my inbox.

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre will never sell your personal information to a third party, and we will never willingly or knowingly share your personal information unless we are required to do so by law.

If The Self Sufficient HomeAcre is ever sold, your information would be transferred to the new owners unless you choose not to continue receiving information and participating in the newsletter from the new owners of the website.

Advertising

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre places advertisements on the website for products we feel may benefit our readers. You are under no obligation to purchase these products and we will never sell your information to our advertisers. If you click on these advertisements and visit their websites, cookies may be placed on your browser. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre cannot be held liable for the actions of third party advertisers or any problems incurred by using products purchased through their websites.

Affiliate Program Participation

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre uses affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into our website to advertise specific products we think you might like. If you click on a link for one of our affiliates, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. If you purchase products through these links, I may earn a commission. You will not pay any extra for the product.

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre posts customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to our website. This program utilizes cookies to track your visits to send my commissions each month.

Amazon is dedicated to your privacy and informed user experience and requires that we have a separate disclaimer about their use in the footer of my site.

Other Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, which may use cookies, as noted above.

From time to time, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google or Facebook, in order to market to readers here. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre. For example, if you read a post about chickens here at The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, you may see an ad for chicken related products popping up in Google ads on other websites. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre cannot be held responsible for the ads you are shown based on your search terms.

Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels

In the future, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content will be disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

In Conclusion

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre is a smallish blog/website that endeavors to share information helpful to people who want to raise chickens, plant a garden, preserve their fruits and veggies, forage for wild plants, and cook their own food. We offer information on saving some money and doing things from scratch. We’re not interested in gathering sensitive information on our readers, scamming them for their hard earned dollars, or selling their information to advertisers. We just want to make a little money from affiliate sales in return for the writing and research we perform to bring you helpful information.

Your Rights at The Self Sufficient HomeAcre

If you ever wish to remove your name from our newsletter service, you may unsubscribe at any time. We periodically remove former subscribers who have unsubscribed in order to purge their information from our system. However, if you wish to confirm that your name and email have been removed from my list, please email us at… LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com

We will be more than happy to double check our email subscribers list to make sure that your personal information has been deleted.

Here are some ways you can do that:

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our newsletters. You may also notify us at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by emailing us at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com

Amend – You may contact us at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com to amend or update your personal information.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Updating our newsletter list…

On occasion we will send out an email asking you to confirm that you sill wish to receive our newsletter. This allows us to remove email accounts that are no longer in use, or to ensure that we are not sending newsletters to people who no longer want them. In order to comply with the new GDPR guidelines, we are sending such an email out on May 24, 2018 so that all of our readers have been updated as to our privacy policies. Thank you for your patience with these updates.

This Privacy Policy was last updated by Lisa Lynn on May 24, 2018 and takes precedent over any prior policies, agreements, or statements made on our website. By continuing to use this website, you are agreeing to these terms.

Readers should be advised that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving on this blog. You may choose to remove cookies or implement your own security protocol to prevent the placement of cookies and other tracking devices on your browser before using this site.

This policy is valid from 19 April 2013 to present. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by Lisa Lynn. For questions about this blog, please contact me through the my contact page, or email me at LisaLynn@TheSelfSufficientHomeAcre.com

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

This blog does contain content which might present a conflict of interest. This content may not always be identified.

This site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre Web Site Agreement

The Self Sufficient HomeAcre Web Site (the “Site”) is an online information service provided by “The Self Sufficient HomeAcre “, subject to your compliance with the terms and conditions set forth below. PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME, AND SUCH MODIFICATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT ON THE SITE. YOU AGREE TO REVIEW THE AGREEMENT PERIODICALLY TO BE AWARE OF SUCH MODIFICATIONS AND YOUR CONTINUED ACCESS OR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED YOUR CONCLUSIVE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MODIFIED AGREEMENT.

1. Copyright, Licenses and Idea Submissions.

The entire contents of the Site are protected by international copyright and trademark laws. The owner of the copyrights and trademarks are The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, its affiliates or other third party licensors. YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, REPUBLISH, UPLOAD, POST, TRANSMIT, OR DISTRIBUTE, IN ANY MANNER, THE MATERIAL ON THE SITE, INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, CODE AND/OR SOFTWARE. You may print and download portions of material from the different areas of the Site solely for your own non-commercial use provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials. You agree to grant to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license, with the right to sub-license, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products and services) you submit to any public areas of the Site (such as bulletin boards, forums and newsgroups) or by e-mail to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You also grant to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre the right to use your name in connection with the submitted materials and other information as well as in connection with all advertising, marketing and promotional material related thereto. You agree that you shall have no recourse against The Self Sufficient HomeAcre for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to The Self Sufficient HomeAcre.

Publications, products, content or services referenced herein or on the Site are the exclusive trademarks or servicemarks of The Self Sufficient HomeAcre. Other product and company names mentioned in the Site may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

2. Use of the Site.

You understand that, except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre does not operate, control or endorse any information, products or services on the Internet in any way. Except for The Self Sufficient HomeAcre- identified information, products or services, all information, products and services offered through the Site or on the Internet generally are offered by third parties, that are not affiliated with The Self Sufficient HomeAcre a. You also understand that The Self Sufficient HomeAcre cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the Site will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Site for the reconstruction of any lost data.YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND THE INTERNET. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre PROVIDES THE SITE AND RELATED INFORMATION “AS IS” AND DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, ANY MERCHANDISE INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY, AND The Self Sufficient HomeAcre SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY COST OR DAMAGE ARISING EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY SUCH TRANSACTION. IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND USEFULNESS OF ALL OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED.

YOU UNDERSTAND FURTHER THAT THE PURE NATURE OF THE INTERNET CONTAINS UNEDITED MATERIALS SOME OF WHICH ARE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT OR MAY BE OFFENSIVE TO YOU. YOUR ACCESS TO SUCH MATERIALS IS AT YOUR RISK. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR SUCH MATERIALS.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT WILL The Self Sufficient HomeAcre BE LIABLE FOR (I) ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE, OR ANY INFORMATION, OR TRANSACTIONS PROVIDED ON THE SERVICE, OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICE, OR ANY DELAY OF SUCH INFORMATION OR SERVICE. EVEN IF The Self Sufficient HomeAcre OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SERVICE AND/OR MATERIALS OR INFORMATION DOWNLOADED THROUGH THE SERVICE. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, The Self Sufficient HomeAcre LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.The Self Sufficient HomeAcre makes no representations whatsoever about any other web site which you may access through this one or which may link to this Site. When you access a non-The Self Sufficient HomeAcre web site, please understand that it is independent from The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, and that The Self Sufficient HomeAcre has no control over the content on that web site. In addition, a link to a The Self Sufficient HomeAcre web site does not mean that The Self Sufficient HomeAcre endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site.

3. Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Self Sufficient HomeAcre, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers and any third party information providers to the Service from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of this Agreement (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the Service.

4. Third Party Rights.

The provisions of paragraphs 2 (Use of the Service), and 3 (Indemnification) are for the benefit of The Self Sufficient HomeAcre and its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, suppliers, and any third party information providers to the Service. Each of these individuals or entities shall have the right to assert and enforce those provisions directly against you on its own behalf.

5.Term; Termination.

This Agreement may be terminated by either party without notice at any time for any reason. The provisions of paragraphs 1 (Copyright, Licenses and Idea Submissions), 2 (Use of the Service), 3 (Indemnification), 4 (Third Party Rights) and 6 (Miscellaneous) shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

6.Miscellaneous.

This Agreement shall all be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of The United States of America applicable to agreements made and to be performed in The United States of America. You agree that any legal action or proceeding between The Self Sufficient HomeAcre and you for any purpose concerning this Agreement or the parties’ obligations hereunder shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in The United States of America . Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the Service must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre‘s failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. The Self Sufficient HomeAcre may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.

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